These Barbie girls are turning the Big Apple into their Barbie world. Chelsea-based Carson Light, 25, is gearing up for the Mattel movie this weekend in a dream house filled with Botox, pink cocktails and a girl squad decked in Barbiecore in the Penthouse suite at ModernHaus Soho hotel downtown. She and her gal pals … Read more
Think pink, channel your Ken-ergy and strap on your roller skates my babies, we’re in the midst of a Barbie summer. Greta Gerwig’s hotly anticipated fantasy comedy “Barbie,” premieres July 21 with Cancer queen Margot Robbie playing the titular role alongside Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Emerald Fennell, America Ferrera, Will Farrell, Dua Lipa, Helen Mirren … Read more
Margot Robbie had to do a little convincing to have Ryan Gosling star as Ken in the highly anticipated “Barbie” movie. The Aussie actress, 33, who stars as the pink-loving doll in the film, made an offer to Gosling, 42, that he simply couldn’t refuse. “I just bribed him really. That’s the basis of our … Read more
Life in plastic — it’s not so fantastic, according to some Barbie bashers. A new study found that an overwhelming 82% of the 1,000 multi-generational, female case studies think Barbie dolls — which take center stage in a highly anticipated Margot Robbie movie premiering Friday, July 21 — promote unrealistic body expectations to girls and women. … Read more
Life in plastic is fantastic, thanks in part to the hefty check Margot Robbie received for her role in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” The Australian bombshell made $12.5 million for the Mattel film, according to a report from Variety, making her one of the highest-paid actresses of 2022. In “Barbie as The Island Princess,” the OG tippy toes, … Read more
Life is not so fantastic in rose-colored plastic. Despite the Barbiecore bonanza ahead of the highly anticipated “Barbie” flick, which premieres Friday, July 21, not everyone is thinking pink. Fuchsia fanatics have drenched their wardrobes and homes in a swath of magenta hues ever since the movie’s titular stars, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, were … Read more
For “Barbie” star Margot Robbie, the Spice Girls were no feminist wannabes. In fact, the two-time Oscar nominee attributes some of her own ideas about feminism — which she and director Greta Gerwig explore in the much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, out July 21 — to the 1990s British girl group. “The Spice Girls changed everything and … Read more
The packaging of “Barbie” is a lot more fun than the tedious toy inside the box. Ingeniously, a yearlong barrage of Mattel propaganda was foisted upon us and created a resistance-is-futile Summer of Barbie before anybody knew if the movie was any good. There were pop-up cafes, a Forever 21 clothing collaboration and viral Instagram … Read more
She’s a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world — literally. Katie Loveday, 18, models many aspects of her life after the famous character — she owns more than 100 Barbie and Bratz dolls, dresses in pink from head-to-toe and decorated her bedroom and even her car in the same color. However, the England-based woman fears … Read more
Hollywood bombshell Margot Robbie is now apparently “mid,” according to Twitter trolls. For those not versed in internet speak, Urban Dictionary defines “mid” as someone who “on a scale of 1-10 is like 4, 5, 6, or 7 based on looks” and is “just like every other girl.” “This is her without makeup,” one Twitter … Read more
Will the real Barbara Millicent Roberts – aka Barbie – please stand up. She’s definitely not the blonde, tall, and very leggy Margot Robbie, 35, who plays the real-life Barbie in the $100 million live-action “Barbie” movie coming to theaters on July 21. Depending on who a Barbie fan believes, however, the genuine, in-the-flesh Barbie … Read more
Feel the Ken-ergy. With just days left to go until Greta Gerwig’s hotly-anticipated “Barbie” movie hits theaters, co-star Ryan Gosling has emerged as one of the film’s most effective — and lovably ludicrous — marketing tools. From a string of eyebrow-raising statements to the press to the newly-released power ballad “I’m Just Ken,” where Barbie’s main squeeze … Read more
We’re all Barbenheimer girls in a Barbenheimer world. The same-day release of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has sparked an obsession on the internet, with plenty of memes, jokes, mashups and even products ranging from T-shirts to mock-up movie posters to keep the excitement going. Other than the fact that both movies hit … Read more
Come on ‘Barbie,’ let’s go party. Critics are going gaga for the ‘Barbie’ movie after last night’s star-studded Los Angeles premiere. The initial chatter is filled with praise for the Greta Gerwig-directed flick, which stars Margot Robbie, 33, as Barbie and Ryan Gosling, 42, as Ken. More than one critic even went as far as … Read more
Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody recently claimed she dropped out of a “Barbie” film that was in production at Sony because she couldn’t figure out how to make the iconic doll a “feminist” icon. In an interview with GQ, Cody claimed she just couldn’t get a script together for the film, which was ultimately dropped by the … Read more
This granny is a Barbie girl in a Barbie world. A grandma from Arkansas is living her dream life in plastic as Barbie in a pink home with an all-pink wardrobe — and no Kens are allowed. Dena Daniels has loved the Mattel dolls her whole life and played with them until other children started … Read more
She’s plastic, but this was not fantastic. “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig has revealed her refusal to CGI a certain body part of the famous doll in the upcoming film, calling the very idea “terrifying.” “There was a big discussion in the beginning,” Gerwig, 39, told the hosts of Australian talk show “The Project.” “Everyone said, … Read more
Warner Bros.’ highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie has been banned in Vietnam. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theaters in the country on July 21, aligning with the cinematic release in most countries around the world. However, state media announced the movie will not be released due to a scene that includes a … Read more
Dress her up, make her talk, she’s your dollie double! Emma Eastwood, 26, was heartbroken when she was rejected twice as an extra for the highly anticipated “Barbie” movie — until a casting director texted her to say: “Come on Barbie, let’s go party!” The aspiring actress had mostly worked on commercials, music videos and … Read more
Upper East Side bride Amy Littleson McNitt wanted her 193 wedding guests to be all dolled up for her big day on Feb. 11. So, on her blush-tinted invitations, the blond encouraged attendees to think pink when choosing their attire — Barbie pink, to be exact. “I absolutely love Barbie and pink has always been … Read more